25 Awesome Football Catch GIFs

When you were a kid, September was an awful time of year because it meant one thing: going back to school. However, when you get older, September becomes the best month of the year. Why? Because that’s when football starts up again after a miserable six-month hiatus. Oh sure, the CFL starts up in mid June, but—can we be real, here?—it’s not the same. College football and the NFL—that’s where it’s at.

Today, in celebration of the return of football, I present you with this list of awesome GIFs featuring amazing football catches. If this doesn’t get you pumped up for this weekend’s gridiron action, I don’t know what will.

Actually, scratch that. If this doesn’t get you pumped up for this weekend’s gridiron action, maybe try this other list of awesome football tackle GIFs. That might do it.

But I digress. Let’s get started with the awesome catches already…

When you were a kid, September was an awful time of year because it meant one thing: going back to school. However, when you get older, September becomes the best month of the year. Why? Because that’s when football starts up again after a miserable six-month hiatus. Oh sure, the CFL starts up in mid June, but—can we be real, here?—it’s not the same. College football and the NFL—that’s where it’s at.

Today, in celebration of the return of football, I present you with this list of awesome GIFs featuring amazing football catches. If this doesn’t get you pumped up for this weekend’s gridiron action, I don’t know what will.

Actually, scratch that. If this doesn’t get you pumped up for this weekend’s gridiron action, maybe try this other list of awesome football tackle GIFs. That might do it.

But I digress. Let’s get started with the awesome catches already…

This is a pretty nice catch, but I can’t quite tell if it’s as good as it seems at first. I think the guy makes it look better by bending his legs at the knees. But hey, it adds style points.

25. Odell Beckham

This is a pretty nice catch, but I can’t quite tell if it’s as good as it seems at first. I think the guy makes it look better by bending his legs at the knees. But hey, it adds style points.

I promise, we’ll have highlights not from the SEC, too. And they’ll be way better than this. We’re just getting started, so keep going. (However, let me just say that this is one of those catches that is really difficult but made to look easy by a skilled receiver.)

24. Kevin Norwood

I promise, we’ll have highlights not from the SEC, too. And they’ll be way better than this. We’re just getting started, so keep going. (However, let me just say that this is one of those catches that is really difficult but made to look easy by a skilled receiver.)

This is a low-quality GIF, but you can still see that this is a great catch and awesome play.

23. Packer TD

This is a low-quality GIF, but you can still see that this is a great catch and awesome play.

I swear I’m not an Alabama fan. It’s just a coincidence that there are two Tide GIFs in the first four.

22. Catch or No Catch

I swear I’m not an Alabama fan. It’s just a coincidence that there are two Tide GIFs in the first four.

If football doesn’t work out, Martel Moore could probably make it as a baseball center fielder.

21. Diving Catch

If football doesn’t work out, Martel Moore could probably make it as a baseball center fielder.

That’s a pretty nice grab in tight coverage.

20. One-handed over-the-shoulder...NBD

That’s a pretty nice grab in tight coverage.

Not exactly a catch, but it is a solid effort. (PS, Amanda Seyfried is pretty attractive.)

19. Mean Girl Catch

Not exactly a catch, but it is a solid effort. (PS, Amanda Seyfried is pretty attractive.)

This quarterback owes his receiver a beer, assuming the two are old enough to purchase and consume alcohol. That bullet was about 3 yards too deep, but the receiver pulled it down anyway.

18. Making the QB look good

This quarterback owes his receiver a beer, assuming the two are old enough to purchase and consume alcohol. That bullet was about 3 yards too deep, but the receiver pulled it down anyway.

It’s a good thing that threw was deflected where it was, or else this guy would have been knocked into next Tuesday. I wonder if he saw his life flash before his eyes?

17. Near miss

It’s a good thing that threw was deflected where it was, or else this guy would have been knocked into next Tuesday. I wonder if he saw his life flash before his eyes?

16. Hakeem Nicks

Not sure who this Georgia Tech receiver is (though I’m sure someone will be kind enough berate me for my ignorance), but he makes one hell of an awesome Air Jordan catch, doesn’t he?

15. Air Jordan

Not sure who this Georgia Tech receiver is (though I’m sure someone will be kind enough berate me for my ignorance), but he makes one hell of an awesome Air Jordan catch, doesn’t he?

Talk about having a kung fu grip. Chris Owusu didn’t get drafted last year because of concussion and injury concerns, but it’s clear from this clip that the guy can snag a football better than half the WRs in the NFL. Right now he’s on the Chargers practice squad, but hopefully he’ll get his shot in the NFL someday soon.

14. The Owusu Claw

Talk about having a kung fu grip. Chris Owusu didn’t get drafted last year because of concussion and injury concerns, but it’s clear from this clip that the guy can snag a football better than half the WRs in the NFL. Right now he’s on the Chargers practice squad, but hopefully he’ll get his shot in the NFL someday soon.

I love how he just corals the ball as he’s falling to the ground like it’s no big deal. Classic TD catch.

13. Bulldog Touchdown

I love how he just corals the ball as he’s falling to the ground like it’s no big deal. Classic TD catch.

it doesn’t matter how the ball gets there. All that matters is that it’s in your hands when you hit the ground.

12. Not pretty, but effective

it doesn’t matter how the ball gets there. All that matters is that it’s in your hands when you hit the ground.

This excellent TD catch by Arizona’s Juron Criner is the first of three reach-around grabs. (Yes, I just said “read-around.”)

11. Yoink (Part 1)

This excellent TD catch by Arizona’s Juron Criner is the first of three reach-around grabs. (Yes, I just said “read-around.”)